Before You Arrive
CalNet ID
You should have created your CalNet ID and received a Student Identification Number (SID) when you accepted your admissions offer. If you do not remember your CalNet ID or passphrase, or need assistance with your CalNet ID, please contact calnet@berkeley.edu or visit the Cal 1 Card Office website for more information
CalCentral
Take the time to explore your CalCentral page. You will need your CalNet ID and passphrase to log in. To enroll in classes and register, you must complete the “Tasks” listed on your CalCentral Dashboard by the deadline indicated for each task. Remember to sign the student financial agreement and to update your local address and preferred email address. You can activate your @berkeley.edu email account by connecting your CalCentral dashboard to your bConnected account.
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
All students should sign up for Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) in order to be paid electronically. The sign-up feature usually becomes available through CalCentral in June.
Housing
Securing housing can take up to a couple of months, so we encourage you to start your search well before you arrive. The campus has expanded its housing options for graduate students, and now is the best time to apply! Berkeley Housing offers four apartment complexes for single graduate students, as well as family student housing at University Village in Albany (UVA). Apply today via the Berkeley Housing portal. If you are interested in living in xučyun ruwway, an apartment community for single graduate students, you may want to sign up for an in-person tour. The Berkeley Graduate Division has also put together a few helpful tips that are worth checking out: Graduate Division’s Housing Tips.
Other housing options and resources include:
- Berkeley Student Cooperative
- International House
- Berkeley Housing
- Cal Rentals
- The Slack group is also a valuable resource for finding housing and roommates. If you did not receive a Slack invitation, please notify Glenna Anton at ganton@berkeley.edu.
- Another way to find roommates is by posting housing-wanted ads on the eecs-grads-housing@eecs.berkeley.edu. All EECS graduate students should have access to this listserv.
Sexual Violence/Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
All graduate students are required to complete both the online and in-person Sexual Violence/Sexual Harassment Prevention Trainings. You must complete the online training prior to the first day of instruction (failure to do so will result in an enrollment block). The in-person training will be held via Zoom through the Graduate Division’s New Graduate Student Orientation (NGSO). Students need to attend only one “in-person” (Zoom) training.